Podcast Episodes

[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?

Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien

1 year, 10 months ago

[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples

How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space …

1 year, 10 months ago

[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World

Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans…

1 year, 10 months ago

[Q&A] How Loud Was The Big Bang? Does Planet Spin Matter? Can Black Holes Revert to Stars?

1 year, 11 months ago

[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean

Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.

1 year, 11 months ago

[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan

How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dila…

1 year, 11 months ago

[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator

What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a…

1 year, 11 months ago

[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation

We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astro…

1 year, 11 months ago

[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors

Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in s…

1 year, 11 months ago

[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot

Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red…

1 year, 11 months ago